Kenyan University Student Charged with Stealing a Phone, Passport and Sh830,000 from a Foreign Diplomat

A Kenyan university student was arraigned in court for allegedly stealing a phone, passport, and cash from a foreign national.

Veronica Njeri, a third-year student at a local university, is accused of stealing from Kabba Ibrahim, a diplomat who hails from Sierra Leone. 

Appearing before Kibera senior principal magistrate Esther Boke, Njeri was charged with stealing a phone worth Sh143,000, a passport valued at Sh262,440, Sh30,000 in Kenyan currency, and Sh800,000 in US dollars.

The charge sheet reads that the 23-year-old student committed the offenses on November 8th together with another lady who went into hiding.

“She had only met the Sierra Leone national three days earlier and informed him that she was drunk at a nearby entertainment joint and was in dire need of help,” the court heard.

Ibrahim rushed to the club and met Njeri in the company of another lady whose name he cannot recall. After realizing that the two were drunk, the diplomat took them to his house.

Upon arrival, Njeri requested to use the washroom and asked Ibrahim to accompany him as she needed to vomit. When they came back, they found the other woman had left with Ibrahim’s valuables and only left behind a Sim card.

Ibrahim reported the matter at Milimani police station. When Njeri sobered up the following morning, she denied knowing the woman who had accompanied her to Ibrahim’s house.

Upon interrogation, police decided to arrest and charge Njeri with theft. She denied the charges and was released on a Sh300,000 bond with a surety of a similar amount or an alternative of Sh100,000 cash bail.